Timber Framers Guild Forums Tools Timber Engineering Heavy Duty Scarf Joint Design

Hi Gabel,

This Goggle.pdf book, now received and reviewed, is an excellent book for heavy timber frame practioners and good reading for all. I have already picked up one tip that I had previously considered and dismissed re wedging and will now revisit. The book contains quite a few heavyweight metal reinforced scarf joint designs. This book contains just the right kind of "dope slap" material that I had in mind to help with making a fundamental design review.

I seem to recall that someone was requesting design information a little while back on hammer beam roofs and I note that this book contains quite a bit on this topic.

Books like this really need to be republished and maybe the Guild could examine this possibility now that the copyright has expired (first published 1909).

Regards

Ken Hume